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It is not one continuous hike.","Mount Emei travel guide: buses & cableway · WalkThere","Plan a Mount Emei visit through six documented places, with a travel guide to Baoguo Temple, Golden Summit, buses, cableway and weather.",[12,18,22,27,32,37,42,48,53,57,62,67,71,75,79,83,88,93,98,102,106,110,114],{"id":13,"title":14,"publisher":15,"url":16,"accessedOn":17},"unesco-779","Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area","UNESCO World Heritage Centre","https:\u002F\u002Fwhc.unesco.org\u002Fen\u002Flist\u002F779\u002F","2026-09-17",{"id":19,"title":20,"publisher":15,"url":21,"accessedOn":17},"unesco-periodic","World Heritage Property Data for Mount Emei Scenic Area","https:\u002F\u002Fwhc.unesco.org\u002Fdocument\u002F164565",{"id":23,"title":24,"publisher":25,"url":26,"accessedOn":17},"scsqw-scenic","Scenic places of Emeishan","Sichuan Local Records Office","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scsqw.cn\u002Fscdqs\u002Fsxdq\u002Flss\u002Femss\u002Fcontent_20596",{"id":28,"title":29,"publisher":30,"url":31,"accessedOn":17},"scdzj-wannian","The beamless brick hall of Wannian Temple","Sichuan Seismological Bureau","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scdzj.gov.cn\u002Fxwzx\u002Fzyzt\u002Flsdzy\u002Fdzkp\u002F201006\u002Ft20100601_9070.html",{"id":33,"title":34,"publisher":35,"url":36,"accessedOn":17},"forestry-emei","Protecting the dual World Heritage values of Mount Emei","National Forestry and Grassland Administration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forestry.gov.cn\u002Fc\u002Fwww\u002Flcdt\u002F678165.jhtml",{"id":38,"title":39,"publisher":40,"url":41,"accessedOn":17},"leshan-transport","Adjusted visitor management for the Golden Summit precinct","Leshan Municipal People’s Government","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.leshan.gov.cn\u002Flsswszf\u002Fzzzqgsgg\u002F808058894643269.html",{"id":43,"title":44,"publisher":45,"url":46,"accessedOn":47},"chanzl-baoguo","Baoguo Temple on Mount Emei","Shisheng Culture","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.chanzl.com\u002Farchives\u002F3857","2026-09-23",{"id":49,"title":50,"publisher":51,"url":52,"accessedOn":47},"emeishan-jieyin-path","Leidongping to Jieyin Hall path and transfer record","Emeishan Municipal People’s Government","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.emeishan.gov.cn\u002Femss\u002Fszxx\u002F20241219092324318.html",{"id":54,"title":7,"publisher":55,"url":56,"accessedOn":47},"wiki-emei","Chinese Wikipedia","https:\u002F\u002Fzh.wikipedia.org\u002Fzh-cn\u002F%E5%B3%A8%E7%9C%89%E5%B1%B1",{"id":58,"title":59,"publisher":60,"url":61,"accessedOn":47},"thepaper-wanfo","Wanfo Summit reopens, 20 metres above the Golden Summit","The Paper","https:\u002F\u002Fm.thepaper.cn\u002FwifiKey_detail.jsp?contid=12874352&from=wifiKey",{"id":63,"title":64,"publisher":65,"url":66,"accessedOn":47},"osm-baoguo","Baoguo 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Authority","https:\u002F\u002Fauthority.dila.edu.tw\u002Fplace\u002Fsearch.php?code=PL000000036091",{"id":89,"title":90,"publisher":91,"url":92,"accessedOn":47},"wikidata-golden","Jinding, Mount Emei","Wikidata","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ15934260",{"id":94,"title":95,"publisher":96,"url":97,"accessedOn":47},"photo-baoguo","Baoguo Temple, Emei, 2017-09-19 03","Wikimedia Commons","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Baoguo_Temple,_Emei,_2017-09-19_03.jpg",{"id":99,"title":100,"publisher":96,"url":101,"accessedOn":47},"photo-qingyin","Qingyin Ge, 2017-09-20 04","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Qingyin_Ge,_2017-09-20_04.jpg",{"id":103,"title":104,"publisher":96,"url":105,"accessedOn":47},"photo-wannian","Wannian Temple, 2017-09-20 09","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Wannian_Temple,_2017-09-20_09.jpg",{"id":107,"title":108,"publisher":96,"url":109,"accessedOn":47},"photo-xixiang","Mount Emei Scenic Area 14","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:%E5%B3%A8%E7%9C%89%E5%B1%B1%E9%A3%8E%E6%99%AF%E5%8C%BA_Mount_Emei_Scenic_Area_14.jpg",{"id":111,"title":112,"publisher":96,"url":113,"accessedOn":47},"photo-jieyin","Mountain ridges seen from around Jieyin Hall, 01","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:%E4%BA%8E%E5%B3%A8%E7%9C%89%E5%B1%B1%E6%8E%A5%E5%BC%95%E6%AE%BF%E9%99%84%E8%BF%91%E8%A7%82%E6%9C%9B%E7%8E%AF%E5%B1%B1_01.jpg",{"id":115,"title":116,"publisher":96,"url":117,"accessedOn":47},"photo-golden","Huazang Temple and the Golden Summit hall","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:%E5%B3%A8%E7%9C%89%E5%B1%B1%E9%87%91%E9%A1%B6%E4%B9%8B%E5%8D%8E%E8%97%8F%E5%AF%BA%E4%B8%8E%E9%87%91%E9%A1%B6%E5%A4%A7%E6%AE%BF.jpg",[119,152,176,199,224,255],{"id":120,"eyebrow":121,"title":64,"labSummary":122,"narrative":123,"travelNote":124,"elevationMeters":125,"coordinates":126,"art":129,"facts":136},"baoguo-temple","Foothill arrival","Begin where the town meets the mountain, in a working monastery courtyard rather than on a summit path.","The mountain starts here as a courtyard. Baoguo Temple sits at the foot of Emei, with a dark tiled hall, wet stone underfoot and incense that tells you the place is still in use. From the gate you meet the hall, the incense burner and the trees. The scale is a walking scale: roofs and foliage cut the sky into pieces. UNESCO records the temple as an early-seventeenth-century foundation, one of the monasteries that made this a Buddhist cultural landscape.\n\nIn Buddhist tradition the mountain is a seat of Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of practice. That identity is carried by the temples and their images. It explains why Baoguo is the monastery people meet first. It does not turn one afternoon of incense into a dated historical event. What you see is a temple still in use. The religious identity and whether the gate is open today are separate readings.\n\nTravellers use Baoguo as the usual foothill threshold. World Heritage property data lists a Baoguo branch among the mountain administration’s offices, so the courtyard is also where a visit gets organised. National forestry reporting describes an old nanmu stand on the landscape between Baoguo and Wannian. After the gate, forest appears before the higher halls. The first change is from streets to shade.\n\nThe photograph in this chapter was made on 19 September 2017 by Siyuwj and is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. It shows the courtyard and main hall, with an incense burner in front. It records how the temple could be seen that day. Opening hours, ceremonies and repairs follow the notice in force when you arrive.\n\nPublished descriptions usually place the temple at 533 metres. This guide uses that repeated figure, at the centre of the building outline in OpenStreetMap. Farther up, the Qingyin node records 670 metres and the Wannian brick hall is recorded at 1,020. Those figures come from different accounts. Set side by side, they show that the height is already changing. Tickets, buses and temporary controls change. The temple’s place at the foot of the mountain does not.\n\nThe places farther up are reached by mountain roads, sightseeing buses and, near the top, a cableway. Qingyin Pavilion, Wannian Temple, the Elephant Bathing Pool, the area around Jieyin Hall and the Golden Summit each describe their own place. Leidongping remains the highland transfer node. The six stops can be read in one day. This page does not join them into one continuous walk. Baoguo’s part is the threshold.","Treat this as the foothill gateway. Published descriptions give 533 metres, which this guide uses. Recheck tickets, buses and any temporary controls before you travel.",533,{"latitude":127,"longitude":128,"sourceId":63},29.570499,103.4404399,{"src":130,"alt":131,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"modifications":135,"sourceId":94},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fbaoguo-temple.webp","The courtyard and main hall of Baoguo Temple, with an incense burner in front of the tiled roof","Siyuwj","CC BY-SA 4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0","Resized and converted to WebP for web",[137,140,143,146,149],{"label":138,"value":139,"sourceId":13},"Recorded foundation","UNESCO describes Baoguo Temple as an early-seventeenth-century foundation among the mountain’s major temples.",{"label":141,"value":142,"sourceId":19},"Management","World Heritage property data lists a Baoguo branch among the mountain administration’s offices.",{"label":144,"value":145,"sourceId":33},"Forest approach","National forestry reporting describes an old nanmu stand along the landscape between Baoguo and Wannian Temples.",{"label":147,"value":148,"sourceId":43},"Elevation","A published temple description places Baoguo Temple at 533 metres. This guide uses that public record and does not present it as a new survey pin.",{"label":150,"value":151,"sourceId":63},"Verified place","The chapter point is the Baoguo Temple outline in OpenStreetMap.",{"id":153,"eyebrow":154,"title":69,"labSummary":155,"narrative":156,"travelNote":157,"elevationMeters":158,"coordinates":159,"art":162,"facts":165},"qingyin-pavilion","Forest water","A pavilion stands in the stream between two bridges, in forest that feels far from the foothill courtyard.","You hear the water before the architecture settles. Qingyin Pavilion is a small roof on a rock in the forest stream, with an arched stone bridge to either side. The stream names the place before any plaque does. UNESCO dates the complex to the early sixth century and describes pavilions, towers and platforms fitted to the ground. The buildings follow rock and water, unlike the enclosed halls of the foothill courtyard.\n\nLocal tradition says two streams meet here and that their sound is the “pure music” in the name. That is a story told about the water. It explains the name. The photograph is the reliable picture of the place: shade, rock, and a pavilion built into the confluence. This chapter uses Siyuwj’s photograph of 20 September 2017, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The bridges, the roof and the trees are the stop.\n\nReaching it from Baoguo Temple means another road, or a longer mountain path. The OpenStreetMap node records 670 metres, above the 533 metres usually given for Baoguo, without making the two places neighbouring gates. Paths here can be wet and rooted. Stone is slippery after rain. Treating the pavilion as the next stop outside the foothill gate makes the distance look shorter than it is.\n\nA Leshan notice of 22 May 2026 mentions later precinct tickets for this area and Wannian Temple. Read that as an operating plan with a date. It is about how tickets may be divided, not about the streams changing course. Check whether it is still in force, and how you will arrive that day. This chapter stays with the pavilion at the confluence, on the Qingyin Pavilion node.","Paths here can be wet and rooted. The OpenStreetMap node records 670 metres. Do not treat the pavilion as the next stop on a single footpath from the foothill temple.",670,{"latitude":160,"longitude":161,"sourceId":68},29.5738343,103.3920599,{"src":163,"alt":164,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"modifications":135,"sourceId":99},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fqingyin-pavilion.webp","Qingyin Pavilion on a rock in a forest stream, with a stone arch bridge on either side",[166,169,172,174],{"label":167,"value":168,"sourceId":13},"Recorded origin","UNESCO dates the Qingyin Pavilion complex to the early sixth century and describes it as a garden-temple of pavilions and platforms.",{"label":170,"value":171,"sourceId":38},"Tickets","A Leshan notice of 22 May 2026 mentions later precinct tickets for Qingyin Pavilion and Wannian Temple.",{"label":147,"value":173,"sourceId":68},"The OpenStreetMap node for Qingyin Pavilion records an elevation of 670 metres.",{"label":150,"value":175,"sourceId":68},"The chapter point is the Qingyin Pavilion node in OpenStreetMap.",{"id":177,"eyebrow":178,"title":73,"labSummary":179,"narrative":180,"travelNote":181,"elevationMeters":182,"coordinates":183,"art":186,"facts":189},"wannian-temple","Temple terrace","The terrace hall is the public face of an older monastery, recorded at 1,020 metres on Luotuo Ridge.","The hall you meet first carries the title 巍峨宝殿 across its upper storey: a timber front, a stair, and a courtyard that feels settled. Standing below the steps, you read the plaque before the older story inside. UNESCO places the monastery’s founding in the fourth century and records a 7.85-metre bronze Samantabhadra of the tenth century. Forestry reporting calls Wannian the first Emei monastery with a clear historical record, and describes repair work on the brick hall.\n\nA Sichuan account of the brick hall puts it on Luotuo Ridge at 1,020 metres and describes the late-Ming beamless hall that has remained through fire and earthquake. That height has already left the streamside of Qingyin Pavilion. Stairs lead to the hall. If repairs are underway, the notice on site is the one that matters. The brick hall surviving does not mean every side building is open.\n\nBuddhist tradition links the bronze figure to Samantabhadra and the white elephant. The date and the measurement are the documented part. The elephant’s journey is religious narrative: it explains why the image is here, and it does not schedule a rite for the moment you enter. The photograph is also from 20 September 2017, by Siyuwj, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The lens faces the front and the plaque.\n\nMid-mountain buses and your own route decide how you arrive. The sound of Qingyin Pavilion does not carry to this terrace gate. The chapter point is the temple node. A car park farther north is a different place. Vehicles may stop there. It does not stand in for the hall. This page has no verified walking distance from the pavilion to this terrace.","This is a mid-mountain temple terrace at a recorded 1,020 metres. Stairs lead to the hall. Confirm current access and any repair closures on site.",1020,{"latitude":184,"longitude":185,"sourceId":72},29.5819554,103.3805989,{"src":187,"alt":188,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"modifications":135,"sourceId":103},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fwannian-temple.webp","The main hall of Wannian Temple, with the plaque 巍峨宝殿 above the central stair",[190,192,194,197],{"label":167,"value":191,"sourceId":13},"UNESCO places the founding in the fourth century and records a 7.85-metre bronze Samantabhadra of the tenth century.",{"label":147,"value":193,"sourceId":28},"A Sichuan account locates the brick hall on Luotuo Ridge at 1,020 metres.",{"label":195,"value":196,"sourceId":33},"Brick hall","Forestry reporting describes repair work on the Wannian brick hall.",{"label":150,"value":198,"sourceId":72},"The chapter point is the Wannian Temple node in OpenStreetMap, not the separate car-park node farther north.",{"id":200,"eyebrow":201,"title":77,"labSummary":202,"narrative":203,"travelNote":204,"elevationMeters":205,"coordinates":206,"art":209,"facts":216},"xixiang-chi","Upper forest","The gate plaque reads 洗象池. Fog, the recorded 2,070-metre terrace and a story about a white elephant define the stop.","Fog often fills the gate before any pool appears. The plaque across the door reads 洗象池, Elephant Bathing Pool. At the threshold you read those characters first. The water waits for the fog to lift, or for a turn behind the gate. Provincial records place it on Zuantianslope at 2,070 metres and call it the mountain’s favoured place for watching the moon. Moonlight still depends on the weather. The record describes the place’s reputation. It does not book the moon for the night you happen to arrive.\n\nThe name comes from a Buddhist story: tradition says Samantabhadra bathed the white elephant here. That story explains the name and ties the pool into Emei’s tradition as a seat of Samantabhadra. It does not schedule clear weather, or an elephant outside the gate. The photograph shows this foggy gate, plaque readable, by George N, licensed CC BY 2.0. The frame stops at the door because the door already identifies the place.\n\nThe documented elevation is about a thousand metres above Wannian Temple’s terrace at 1,020 metres. Even without a published trail length, the day has changed: cooler air, wet stone, and visibility that often closes in. Bring a layer you did not need in the foothill courtyard. No walking distance from Wannian Temple is stated here, because none has been verified for this guide.\n\nMacaques live on Emei. Seeing them is possible. Give them room and do not feed them, and keep bags and food closed. Many visits mix walking with the mountain buses. The gate is not the next uninterrupted step. The plaque, the 2,070-metre record and the verified building outline are what define this chapter.","Expect cooler air, wet stone and poor visibility. No walking distance from Wannian Temple is stated here, because none has been verified for this guide.",2070,{"latitude":207,"longitude":208,"sourceId":76},29.5577516,103.3437538,{"src":210,"alt":211,"credit":212,"license":213,"licenseUrl":214,"modifications":215,"sourceId":107},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fxixiang-chi.webp","The foggy gate of Elephant Bathing Pool, with the plaque 洗象池 above the doorway","George N","CC BY 2.0","https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F2.0","Converted to WebP for web",[217,219,222],{"label":147,"value":218,"sourceId":23},"Provincial local records place Elephant Bathing Pool at 2,070 metres on Zuantianslope.",{"label":220,"value":221,"sourceId":23},"Recorded view","The same records call it the mountain’s favoured place for watching the moon.",{"label":150,"value":223,"sourceId":76},"The chapter point is the Elephant Bathing Pool outline in OpenStreetMap.",{"id":225,"eyebrow":226,"title":227,"labSummary":228,"narrative":229,"travelNote":230,"elevationMeters":231,"coordinates":232,"art":236,"facts":240},"jieyin-hall","The last change before the summit","Around Jieyin Hall: the final transition toward the summit","The highland change of method after Leidongping and before the Golden Summit, both a religious place and a cableway threshold.","The editorial jump from Elephant Bathing Pool arrives here by way of Leidongping. In a real visit, people usually change buses or leave the shuttle at Leidongping, then follow the highland path toward Jieyin Hall. An Emeishan government reply of December 2024 records stone steps between Leidongping and Jieyin Hall, and winter ice-clearing on that path. That is a named stretch of mountain. It is not a verified run of public imagery. This page has not confirmed continuous scenes from the pool to Leidongping, or from Leidongping to Jieyin Hall, and it does not draw them as a Street View walk.\n\nAround Jieyin Hall sits after Leidongping and before the Golden Summit. Lower down, the visit is courtyards and stream pavilions. Up here the way of going to the mountain has already become highland paths, shuttle buses and a cableway. UNESCO records a cable car that carries large numbers of people toward the Golden Summit. Jieyin Hall is both a religious place and the change of method for walking on or riding that cableway. Incense is religious practice. Buses and the cableway are modern transport. They occupy the same height. They are not one story.\n\nWhether the path is open, whether the stone is icy, and how the cableway and highland shuttles are running, follow the scenic-area notice in force that day. A Leshan notice of 22 May 2026 says the Leidongping car park and station are closed while the cableway is upgraded, with works expected through 2027, and that Golden Summit tickets and highland shuttle tickets are limited from 23 May 2026. Those sentences have a date. They are not a permanent timetable, and they are not a substitute for the notice on the day you travel.\n\nThe photograph is Liuxingy’s view of the high ridges from around Jieyin Hall, made on 13 August 2023 and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. It shows fir, distance and a valley. It does not show the hall’s front, and it is not the Leidongping station. No reusable station photograph was found. Macaques, steps and unnamed forest were not used in its place.\n\nThe map pin uses the DILA gazetteer record for Jieyin Hall. That record’s original datum is GRS67, which can differ slightly from the WGS84 used by this map, so the pin is a reference near Jieyin Hall rather than a field GPS measurement. No walking distances from the pool to Leidongping, or from Leidongping to Jieyin Hall, are stated here, because none have been verified for this guide.","Reread the scenic-area notice before you go. Leidongping parking, the station and the Golden Summit cableway can change with works or capacity limits. Ice, closures and ticket caps follow the notice in force that day.",null,{"latitude":233,"longitude":234,"sourceId":84,"label":235},29.534551,103.332754,"Gazetteer reference point",{"src":237,"alt":238,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"modifications":135,"sourceId":111},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fjieyin-hall.webp","Mountain ridges seen from around Jieyin Hall on Mount Emei.","Liuxingy",[241,244,247,250,253],{"label":242,"value":243,"sourceId":49},"Route order","A government record names stone steps between Leidongping and Jieyin Hall, and winter ice-clearing on that path. Visitors usually change vehicle at Leidongping, then continue toward Jieyin Hall.",{"label":245,"value":246,"sourceId":13},"Summit transport","UNESCO records a cable car leading toward the Golden Summit. The area around Jieyin Hall is the change of method for that last ascent.",{"label":248,"value":249,"sourceId":38},"Works notice","The 22 May 2026 Leshan notice closes Leidongping parking and the station during a cableway upgrade expected through 2027.",{"label":251,"value":252,"sourceId":80},"Transport node","Leidongping remains the transfer node on the route. The OpenStreetMap Leidongping node still locates that station; it is not this chapter’s main pin.",{"label":235,"value":254,"sourceId":84},"The DILA Buddhist Studies Place Authority records Jieyin Hall at 29.534551, 103.332754. The original datum is GRS67, which can differ slightly from the WGS84 used by this map, so the pin is a gazetteer reference near Jieyin Hall, not a field GPS measurement.",{"id":256,"eyebrow":257,"title":258,"labSummary":259,"narrative":260,"travelNote":261,"elevationMeters":262,"coordinates":263,"art":266,"facts":269},"golden-summit","Summit precinct","Golden Summit","The high precinct of halls and the gilded Samantabhadra, reached by mountain transport rather than a single hike through the earlier stops.","The Golden Summit is a precinct of halls. Gilded roofs stand beside the great figure of Samantabhadra, and on a clear day the view falls away into cloud. On the terrace you meet the roofs and the figure before you meet the cloud. UNESCO says the first Buddhist temple in China was built on the summit in the first century and that it later received the name Huazang, in 1614. Forestry reporting places the present Huazang group among fir forest. Fir is the sign that this is already high mountain, not the broadleaf shade of the foothills.\n\nThe same inscription describes a property of 15,400 hectares, listed in 1996, with an elevation range of 2,600 metres across the whole site. That range describes how far the property rises. It is not a surveyed pin for this chapter, and it does not become “the Golden Summit is at 2,600 metres.” This stop is the temple precinct.\n\nChinese Wikipedia records the Golden Summit at 3,077 metres and neighbouring Wanfo Summit at 3,099. A 2021 report gives the Golden Summit as 3,079 and says Wanfo Summit stands about 20 metres higher. The chart uses 3,077 and leaves Wanfo Summit beside it. The coordinate is the Jinding temple point in Wikidata, not a separate peak node to the south. Both Golden Summit figures stay in the record. The page does not pretend they came from one survey.\n\nThe photograph shows Huazang’s roofs and part of the gilded Samantabhadra, by Liuxingy, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. It lets you see the hall and the figure together. It does not promise a cloud sea, Buddha’s glory or sunrise. Those are conditions people hope for. The precinct is still cold and often wet, and windier than the courtyard, even when the foothills feel mild.\n\nYou arrive by cableway and highland transport. The May 2026 notice limits summit tickets and shuttle capacity during works expected through 2027. Check the current rule before you treat that sentence as still true. Ticket and shuttle numbers change. The precinct’s place on the summit does not.\n\nBaoguo, Qingyin, Wannian, the Elephant Bathing Pool and the area around Jieyin Hall each describe their own place. Reaching Jieyin Hall usually means changing vehicle at Leidongping. They can be read in one day. They are not one footpath from the foothill courtyard to this hall. The Golden Summit is the high end of that reading, not a finishing stake set down after the earlier stops have been measured into a single route.","Chinese Wikipedia records the Golden Summit at 3,077 metres and neighbouring Wanfo Summit at 3,099. A 2021 report gives the Golden Summit as 3,079. The chart uses 3,077. The precinct is still cold, windy and often wet.",3077,{"latitude":264,"longitude":265,"sourceId":89},29.52567,103.336802,{"src":267,"alt":268,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"modifications":135,"sourceId":115},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fmount-emei\u002Fgolden-summit.webp","Huazang Temple and part of the gilded Samantabhadra statue at the Golden Summit",[270,273,276,279,282,285],{"label":271,"value":272,"sourceId":13},"World Heritage","Inscribed in 1996; the property covers 15,400 hectares.",{"label":274,"value":275,"sourceId":13},"Summit temple","UNESCO says a summit temple received the name Huazang in 1614.",{"label":277,"value":278,"sourceId":13},"Elevation range","The inscription records an elevation range of 2,600 metres across the property, which is not a surveyed pin for this chapter.",{"label":280,"value":281,"sourceId":54},"Summit elevation","Chinese Wikipedia records the Golden Summit at 3,077 metres and Wanfo Summit at 3,099. The chart uses 3,077 and does not draw Wanfo Summit as this chapter.",{"label":283,"value":284,"sourceId":58},"Another figure","A 2021 news report gives the Golden Summit as 3,079 metres, two metres above 3,077.",{"label":150,"value":286,"sourceId":89},"The chapter point is the Jinding temple coordinate in Wikidata, not a separate peak node to the south.",{"destinationId":5,"journeyType":288,"continuousWalkReady":289,"transportAssisted":290,"chapters":291,"transportWaypoints":439},"guided-visual-journey",false,true,[292,300,318,332,408,424],{"chapterId":120,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":294,"observation":295,"references":296,"editorialPhoto":297,"position":299},"editorial-photo","entry","Read the foothill courtyard as the usual threshold into the mountain, not as the start of one surveyed trail.",[],{"src":130,"alt":131,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":97,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":298},"center 58%",{"lat":127,"lng":128},{"chapterId":153,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":301,"observation":302,"references":303,"editorialPhoto":304,"position":306,"guidedTransition":307},"guided-transition","The pavilion sits in the stream. Getting here from the foothill temple changes roads and effort.",[],{"src":163,"alt":164,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":101,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":305},"center 48%",{"lat":160,"lng":161},{"mode":308,"distanceMeters":231,"walkingMinutes":231,"terrainNote":309,"observation":310,"source":311,"sourceUrl":16,"currentStatusCaveat":312,"copy":313},"mixed-transfer","Baoguo Temple and Qingyin Pavilion are separate places. Visitors use mountain roads, sightseeing buses or longer paths. No surveyed walking distance is published here.","Leave the foothill courtyard by road or a long mountain path. This is not the next gate on one trail.","UNESCO Mount Emei inscription; Leshan notice of 22 May 2026","A 22 May 2026 Leshan notice mentions later mid-mountain tickets. Recheck scenic-area transport before travel.",{"zh":314},{"terrainNote":315,"observation":316,"currentStatusCaveat":317},"报国寺与清音阁是分开的地点。访客靠山路、观光车或更长的山道往来。这里不写未经核验的步行距离。","离开山麓院子后要换路，或走一段很长的山道。这不是同一条路线的下一座山门。","2026 年 5 月 22 日的乐山公告提到日后的中山片区票。出行前请再核对景区交通。",{"chapterId":177,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":301,"observation":319,"references":320,"editorialPhoto":321,"position":323,"guidedTransition":324},"The terrace hall is a mid-mountain monastery, recorded at 1,020 metres, not a short stroll from the pavilion.",[],{"src":187,"alt":188,"credit":132,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":105,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":322},"center 62%",{"lat":184,"lng":185},{"mode":308,"distanceMeters":231,"walkingMinutes":231,"terrainNote":325,"observation":326,"source":327,"sourceUrl":36,"copy":328},"Qingyin Pavilion and Wannian Temple are both mid-mountain places. Forestry writing describes forest between Baoguo and Wannian; it does not publish a walking time from the pavilion.","Arrive by the mountain’s own transport or path. Do not assume a single footpath from the stream.","National Forestry and Grassland Administration; Sichuan account of Wannian Temple",{"zh":329},{"terrainNote":330,"observation":331},"清音阁与万年寺都在中山。林草部门写到报国寺至万年寺一带的树林，并没有公布从清音阁出发的步行时间。","按景区自己的车或山道抵达。不要默认从溪边有一条独路走过来。",{"chapterId":200,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":301,"observation":333,"references":334,"editorialPhoto":335,"position":337,"explorations":338,"guidedTransition":400},"The gate stands at a recorded 2,070 metres. The rise from Wannian Temple is real even without a published trail length.",[],{"src":210,"alt":211,"credit":212,"license":213,"licenseUrl":214,"sourceUrl":109,"modifications":215,"objectPosition":336},"center 46%",{"lat":207,"lng":208},[339],{"id":340,"kind":341,"presentation":342,"copy":343,"media":352},"high-mountain-progression","photo-set","sequence",{"en":344,"zh":348},{"title":345,"description":346,"contextLabel":347},"Follow the mountain from fog to summit precinct","Read three separate documentary stops: the foggy gate, ridges around Jieyin Hall, and the Golden Summit temple precinct.","Three licensed stops · mixed transport and cableway between them",{"title":349,"description":350,"contextLabel":351},"从雾中山门看到金顶殿宇","依次辨认三处独立记录：雾中的洗象池山门、接引殿附近群峰，以及金顶寺院区域。","三处正式授权记录 · 中间包含景区交通与索道",[353,369,385],{"src":210,"alt":211,"credit":212,"license":213,"licenseUrl":214,"sourceUrl":109,"modifications":215,"objectPosition":336,"id":354,"role":355,"locationMatch":356,"reviewedAt":357,"copy":358},"elephant-bathing-pool-fog","condition","exact","2026-09-29",{"en":359,"zh":364},{"alt":360,"caption":361,"locationNote":362,"caveat":363},"The foggy gate of Elephant Bathing Pool with the plaque 洗象池 above the doorway","At the recorded 2,070-metre stop, the gate marks the shift into colder high-mountain conditions.","The plaque identifies Elephant Bathing Pool; this is a place view, not a trail measurement.","Fog is the photographed condition, not a forecast; visibility and path conditions can be entirely different.",{"alt":365,"caption":366,"locationNote":367,"caveat":368},"雾中的洗象池山门，门额上方写着“洗象池”","在有 2070 米海拔记录的停留点，山门标志着环境进入更冷的高山段。","门额确认这里是洗象池；照片记录地点，不测量山道。","雾只是拍摄当时的状况，不是天气预报；能见度和路况可能完全不同。",{"src":237,"alt":238,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":113,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":370,"id":371,"role":372,"locationMatch":373,"reviewedAt":357,"copy":374},"center 40%","jieyin-ridges","environment","contextual",{"en":375,"zh":380},{"alt":376,"caption":377,"locationNote":378,"caveat":379},"Layered mountain ridges seen from around Jieyin Hall on Mount Emei","The ridges show the highland environment around Jieyin Hall before the summit transfer.","The source says the photograph was made around Jieyin Hall; it is not the hall front or Leidongping station.","This is a separate viewpoint, not a continuous frame from Elephant Bathing Pool and not a Golden Summit view.",{"alt":381,"caption":382,"locationNote":383,"caveat":384},"从峨眉山接引殿附近望向层叠的高山群峰","群峰呈现接引殿附近、继续换乘登顶之前的高山环境。","来源写明照片拍自接引殿附近；它不是接引殿正面，也不是雷洞坪车站。","这是另一个独立机位，不是从洗象池连续拍来的画面，也不是金顶景观。",{"src":267,"alt":268,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":117,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":386,"id":387,"role":388,"locationMatch":356,"reviewedAt":357,"copy":389},"center 38%","golden-summit-precinct","detail",{"en":390,"zh":395},{"alt":391,"caption":392,"locationNote":393,"caveat":394},"Huazang Temple and part of the gilded Samantabhadra statue at Mount Emei Golden Summit","Temple architecture and the statue identify the summit precinct rather than a generic mountain view.","Photographed in the Golden Summit precinct after a separate cableway and highland transfer.","The photograph does not promise clear visibility, operating cableway service, ticket availability or present access.",{"alt":396,"caption":397,"locationNote":398,"caveat":399},"峨眉山金顶的华藏寺与部分金色普贤菩萨像","寺院建筑与造像确认这里是金顶区域，而不是一张泛指峨眉山的群山照片。","照片拍自金顶区域；抵达前另有高山换乘与索道。","照片不保证能见度、索道运行、票额或当前开放状况。",{"mode":308,"distanceMeters":231,"walkingMinutes":231,"terrainNote":401,"observation":402,"source":403,"sourceUrl":26,"copy":404},"Documented elevations go from 1,020 metres at Wannian Temple to 2,070 metres here. No surveyed distance or walking time is stated.","The day gets higher and colder. Buses and footpaths both exist; this guide does not choose one for you.","Sichuan local records; Sichuan account of Wannian Temple",{"zh":405},{"terrainNote":406,"observation":407},"有记载的海拔从万年寺 1020 米到这里的 2070 米。步道长度和步行时间都没有写死。","这一段更高，也更冷。景区车辆和步行都可能用到，本指南不替你指定其中一种。",{"chapterId":225,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":301,"observation":409,"references":410,"editorialPhoto":411,"position":412,"guidedTransition":413},"The editorial jump from Elephant Bathing Pool goes via the Leidongping transport node, then along the highland path toward Jieyin Hall.",[],{"src":237,"alt":238,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":113,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":370},{"lat":233,"lng":234},{"mode":414,"distanceMeters":231,"walkingMinutes":231,"terrainNote":415,"observation":416,"source":417,"sourceUrl":52,"currentStatusCaveat":418,"copy":419},"park-shuttle","From Elephant Bathing Pool the visit usually reaches Leidongping by mountain shuttle, then continues on the highland path toward Jieyin Hall. A December 2024 Emeishan record names stone steps between Leidongping and Jieyin Hall. No continuous public imagery is verified for either stretch.","Change vehicle at Leidongping, then continue toward Jieyin Hall. Those stretches are not shown as one walkable street sequence.","Emeishan Municipal People’s Government; Leshan notice of 22 May 2026","Leidongping parking, the station and the Golden Summit cableway can change with works. Recheck the scenic-area notice before travel.",{"zh":420},{"terrainNote":421,"observation":422,"currentStatusCaveat":423},"从洗象池出发，访客通常先经雷洞坪交通节点换乘或下车，再沿高山步道前往接引殿附近。峨眉山市政府 2024 年 12 月的记录写明雷洞坪到接引殿之间有石阶。这两段都没有核到连续公共影像。","在雷洞坪换乘，再走向接引殿附近。这不是一段可以连续走的街景。","雷洞坪停车场、车站和金顶索道都可能因施工变化。出行前请再核对景区公告。",{"chapterId":256,"visualMode":293,"transitionFromPrevious":301,"observation":425,"references":426,"editorialPhoto":427,"position":428,"guidedTransition":429},"The summit precinct is a cluster of halls reached by cableway and highland transport.",[],{"src":267,"alt":268,"credit":239,"license":133,"licenseUrl":134,"sourceUrl":117,"modifications":135,"objectPosition":386},{"lat":264,"lng":265},{"mode":430,"distanceMeters":231,"walkingMinutes":231,"terrainNote":431,"observation":432,"source":311,"sourceUrl":41,"currentStatusCaveat":433,"copy":434},"cableway","UNESCO records a cable car toward the Golden Summit. The May 2026 notice says that cableway is being upgraded and highland shuttle tickets are limited. No ride duration is published here.","The last move is mechanical, and it may be interrupted by the published works.","From 23 May 2026 the notice caps Golden Summit tickets and highland shuttles during works expected through 2027. Confirm the current rule.",{"zh":435},{"terrainNote":436,"observation":437,"currentStatusCaveat":438},"联合国教科文组织记录有通往金顶的索道。2026 年 5 月的公告称索道正在改造，高山观光车票也有限制。这里不写未经核验的运行时间。","最后一段靠机械上升，而且可能被已公布的工程打断。","公告写明自 2026 年 5 月 23 日起，在预计持续到 2027 年的施工期间限制金顶门票和高山观光车。请确认现行规定。",[440],{"id":441,"kind":442,"title":443,"note":444,"position":445,"sourceId":80,"copy":448},"leidongping","transport-node","Leidongping · transfer point","Leidongping is the transfer point before Jieyin Hall. This page has not verified continuous public street imagery from Elephant Bathing Pool to Leidongping, or from Leidongping to Jieyin Hall. The marker is not a continuous walking route.",{"lat":446,"lng":447},29.5413496,103.3314302,{"en":449,"zh":450},{"title":443,"note":444},{"title":451,"note":452},"雷洞坪 · 换乘节点","雷洞坪是接引殿之前的换乘点。页面没有验证从洗象池到雷洞坪、或雷洞坪到接引殿的连续街景。这个标记不代表连续步行路线。",1791559940020]